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however, president obama and secretary napolitano abandoned that metrix. the bill before is weakenes current law by only requiring the southern border to be 90% effectively secured. in some sector, only the so-called high risk sectors. what about the other six sectors? then before green card are allocated to those here illegally, the secretary only has to certify that the security plans and fencings are quote-unquote substantially deployed. operational. and completed. if the secretary doesn't do her job, then a commission is created to provide recommendations. this is just a loophole that allows the secretary to neglect doing the job. another area of interest for me is the employment verification measure. as i said before so many times, i was here in 1986 when we for the first time made it illegal for employers to hire undocumented individuals. i've been a champion for making the everify system a statement in eave work place. it's a proven and valuable tool to ensure we have legal work force. wheel i'm encouraged the bill includes everify, i'm concerned it
however, president obama and secretary napolitano abandoned that metrix. the bill before is weakenes current law by only requiring the southern border to be 90% effectively secured. in some sector, only the so-called high risk sectors. what about the other six sectors? then before green card are allocated to those here illegally, the secretary only has to certify that the security plans and fencings are quote-unquote substantially deployed. operational. and completed. if the secretary doesn't...
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president obama recently appointed kolbe for trade policy and negotiations on trade matters and he and i worked together on a number of significant matters during his years in in the house and we are glad to have you back here. please go ahead. >> thank you senator leahy. senator leahy and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify before a exam behalf of the border secured economic modernization act of 2013. i have the privilege of serving in the nicest congress from 1985 until 2007 representing arizona's fifth and eighth congressional district. immigration is an issue that has always been in the forefront of this district. i applaud the senators and the so-called gang of eight and my colleague senator flake from arizona who spent months preparing this legislation. the bill currently supports positive provisions that help uses businesses are immigrant population in our country as a whole. others on the panel have discussed various economic considerations but i want to talk about one particular provision completing family unification. i know as a partner of the panam
president obama recently appointed kolbe for trade policy and negotiations on trade matters and he and i worked together on a number of significant matters during his years in in the house and we are glad to have you back here. please go ahead. >> thank you senator leahy. senator leahy and members of the committee thank you for inviting me to testify before a exam behalf of the border secured economic modernization act of 2013. i have the privilege of serving in the nicest congress from...
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al of those but four took place under president obama. who are the targets arizona professor indicated? militant leaders are not really being killed in the great number. we calculate only 2% of the total number of casual advertise are people you would term leaders. and so that is an interesting development. what was initially started, i thing, as a program that would target high level members of al qaeda, has in a sense deinvolved, particularly in pakistan forks a counterinsurgency air force and you can say that's good or bad, but it's a fact that is happening. where are the targets in pakistan? that'sy al qaeda network are located. what is in the civilian casualty rate? we found it has declined significantly over time. initially in the 2006 it was almost 2%. -- 100%. now today confirmed civilian casualties we calculate 2%. we also add an unknown category of 9% because sometimes at not clear if somebody is a civilian or militant, everybody dresses the same. and that member is revved to in a press account as a tribesman could be either a t
al of those but four took place under president obama. who are the targets arizona professor indicated? militant leaders are not really being killed in the great number. we calculate only 2% of the total number of casual advertise are people you would term leaders. and so that is an interesting development. what was initially started, i thing, as a program that would target high level members of al qaeda, has in a sense deinvolved, particularly in pakistan forks a counterinsurgency air force...
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president obama has 13. on district judges, according to the congressional research service, during the first term of president obama, his district judges were considered a little more slowly than president george w. bush's, but the senate changed the rules earlier this year to cut down the postcloture debate time to make it easier to bring judges to the floor and get them through more rapidly. perhaps that's why the score is 13-1 with obama getting 13 judges and bush getting one in the same period of time in the second term. so i don't know where thi is coming from. in addition, we have never blocked a district judge by filibuster, neither party in the history of the senate, and in the circuit judges, we never have blocked a circuit judge until george w. bush made some nominations about the time i came to the senate ten years ago, and the democrats started it. they cause m estrada to be blocked and a number of others anug cloture motions time after time and we had a gang of six, eight, ten or 14 tha slowed
president obama has 13. on district judges, according to the congressional research service, during the first term of president obama, his district judges were considered a little more slowly than president george w. bush's, but the senate changed the rules earlier this year to cut down the postcloture debate time to make it easier to bring judges to the floor and get them through more rapidly. perhaps that's why the score is 13-1 with obama getting 13 judges and bush getting one in the same...
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why is president obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? that's a quote from eric cantor, wrote in edge in on twitter. if the president wanted to, republicans said, he could easily cut somewhere else and spare travelers any inconvenience. as it happens, sequester law is clear in requiring the f.a.a. and most other agencies to cut their programs by an even amount. that law was foisted on the public after republicans demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling in 2011. since then the party has rejected every offer to relays the sequester with a more sensible mix of cuts and revenue increases. mr. boehner is so proud of that strategy that he recently congratulated his party for sticking with the sequester and standing up to the present demands for tax increases. but drastic cuts in spending carry a heavy price. republicans certainly don't want voters they care about including business travelers and those who can afford to fly on vacation, to feel it. they to into claim that the $5 -- the $85 billion in this year's sequeste
why is president obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? that's a quote from eric cantor, wrote in edge in on twitter. if the president wanted to, republicans said, he could easily cut somewhere else and spare travelers any inconvenience. as it happens, sequester law is clear in requiring the f.a.a. and most other agencies to cut their programs by an even amount. that law was foisted on the public after republicans demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling in 2011....
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indeed, firearms cases, prosecutions have dropped 30% in the obama justice department. all of us are united in wanting to stop violent crime, and in particular stop violent crime with firearms. i would suggest the most effective way to do so is ensure that we are prosecuting violent criminals who use firearms. and for that reason, this amendment creates a national project exile that would in particular focus on the 15 jurisdictions with the highest violent crime rates and three tribal jurisdictions with the highest crime rates. and it would devote $45 million -- $15 million a year for three years -- for more assistant u.s. attorneys and agents to pros violent gun crimes. to target exactly who we want to target: violent criminals. a third element -- and i would note as well, actually before we get to the third element, i would note as well that this legislation also includes new language criminalizing straw purchasing, criminalizing trafficking, but doing so in a way that targets bad actors and doesn't sweep innocent, law-abiding citizens inadvertently into its reach. a
indeed, firearms cases, prosecutions have dropped 30% in the obama justice department. all of us are united in wanting to stop violent crime, and in particular stop violent crime with firearms. i would suggest the most effective way to do so is ensure that we are prosecuting violent criminals who use firearms. and for that reason, this amendment creates a national project exile that would in particular focus on the 15 jurisdictions with the highest violent crime rates and three tribal...
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i think president obama said it best: that our hearts are broken. congress needs to come together and take action to protect the safety of our children. we must do better. there have been too many episodes in which children's lives and others have been lost. we must figure out a way to prevent these types of tragedies. i am pleased that the state of maryland has recently taken action in the general asystemmably session that -- assembly session that concluded last week. governor o'malley recommended legislation adopted by the maryland general asystem tabla limits the capacity of magazine clips from 20 to 10, and increases restrictions on possession of firearm and ammunition by convicted criminals and those with mental health disqualifications. 9 president was correct to take executive a, t action to strengn our gun laws. the victims of gun violence deserve to have congress take up-or-down votes on these issues. to my colleagues who have reservations about this, let me cite the heller decision. the supreme court decided the district of columbia v. hel
i think president obama said it best: that our hearts are broken. congress needs to come together and take action to protect the safety of our children. we must do better. there have been too many episodes in which children's lives and others have been lost. we must figure out a way to prevent these types of tragedies. i am pleased that the state of maryland has recently taken action in the general asystemmably session that -- assembly session that concluded last week. governor o'malley...
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on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantÁnamo and to reject torture without exception or equivocation to the also criticized previous administration for executive secrecy, including repeated invocation of the state secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of course, and he promised to lead a new era of openness. the administration has fulfilled some of those promises, and inconspicuously failed to fulfill others. in some cases because congress has lost them but in other places -- block them. as mentioned earlier, i level of secrecy surrounding the rendition and torture of detainees cannot continue to be justified on the basis of national security. the authorized enhanced techniques have been publicly disclosed, and the cia has approved its former employees publication of detailed accounts of individuals and interrogation. ongoing classification of gerald document these practices serves only to conceal evidence of wrongdoing and to make
on the issue of the obama administration, during the 2008 campaign, president obama criticized the bush administration's treatment of detainees. candidate obama promised to close guantÁnamo and to reject torture without exception or equivocation to the also criticized previous administration for executive secrecy, including repeated invocation of the state secret privilege to get civil lawsuits thrown out of course, and he promised to lead a new era of openness. the administration has...
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i would urge the obama administration to use both systems. i spoke 45 minutes last night with this as a director of the fbi. all of us are wondering if the russians told us about this guy being a radical islamists in 2011, how could we dismissed it? according to the fbi, the report from the russians seriously. ,hey interviewed the suspect his family members, and those he went to school with and school officials. put his name to the system and found one incident of domestic violence. they sent that report to the russians and said you have any more, because they did not have enough. but never got a reply. they went to russia. how could we not know that? apparently, the misspelling of his name was said that he did not pop up in the system. did the intentionally misspelled did the russian airline get it wrong? i don't know. is the question we should be asking. let's assume the fbi made a diligent effort to make an investigation based on the russian information? frankly, for what they told me, that withstands scrutiny. untilow could we from 2012 t
i would urge the obama administration to use both systems. i spoke 45 minutes last night with this as a director of the fbi. all of us are wondering if the russians told us about this guy being a radical islamists in 2011, how could we dismissed it? according to the fbi, the report from the russians seriously. ,hey interviewed the suspect his family members, and those he went to school with and school officials. put his name to the system and found one incident of domestic violence. they sent...
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obama, therent have been 307 drone strikes. that is more than president bush did in his term in office. these road program has changed in 2010 -- the drone program has changed. there's been a push back the state department about are we losing the war in pakistan. , ais angering the pakistanis country with nuclear weapons, that is a huge price to pay. the cia has an ability to override the state department objections, but the large discussion has been one of the state department. i am thankful we are having this public discussion. there are a whole series of -- you've seen seen a decline in pakistan. there was only one drone strike in yemen owner we calculated there were somewhere between 467 and 674 casualties. all but six of them took place under president obama. , as thethe targets professor indicated? militant leaders are not being killed in any great number. 2% of casualties or people you could term leaders. it is an interesting development. what was initially started, i think, as a program that was targeting members of al
obama, therent have been 307 drone strikes. that is more than president bush did in his term in office. these road program has changed in 2010 -- the drone program has changed. there's been a push back the state department about are we losing the war in pakistan. , ais angering the pakistanis country with nuclear weapons, that is a huge price to pay. the cia has an ability to override the state department objections, but the large discussion has been one of the state department. i am thankful...
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. ♪ >> obama: tomorrow the sun will rise over boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." thirty-four minutes after the hour. david shuster with us all morning from the current news center. that was the president in boston yesterday. wow what a week for boston. >> i said boston is going to need a massage and xanax after this. >> stephanie: yes. logan airport is closed. we're trying to find charlie pierce. david, i -- i don't know if you have had a chance to look at this "mother jones" stuff, again, we don't want to be the "new york post" of radio, but the headline is boston bombing suspect posted video on al-qaeda prophecy on youtube. >> yeah, the older brother, the one that was killed last night, 26 years old, his name was tamerlin tsarnaev. they were both russian-born chef kneeians. the older one was apparently a competitive boxer for a club named team lowell. and he was a member of a team that won the golden globe championship. he had been boxing
. ♪ >> obama: tomorrow the sun will rise over boston. scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. ♪ >> stephanie: it is the "stephanie miller show." thirty-four minutes after the hour. david shuster with us all morning from the current news center. that was the president in boston yesterday. wow what a week for boston. >> i said boston is going to need a massage and xanax after this. >> stephanie: yes. logan airport is closed....
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as president obama spoke last week, what makes boston such a special unique place? he spoke with a love we all share for each other. he said, we hit the toughest miles as when someone is there to pick us up as we fail, as we fall. last week, many people in our city fell. but so many have rushed forward to help pick each other up. boston holds a special place in everyone's heart. people all over the world share that special boston feeling and it shows. as a tragic event occurred, the support was overwhelming. in an effort to harness the unbelievable outpouring of generosity all over the world we created the one fund boston. in just over a week, i am proud to announce that the one fund boston has raised $20 million nearly five of that million dollars -- $20 million, $5 million, had been generated by clicks on your computer across the world. it is tremendous and truly amazing. we have about 50,000 donors. mitch has a bag full of money. we haven't opened that in quite a while. this charitable organization will help those families most affected by monday's tragic events,
as president obama spoke last week, what makes boston such a special unique place? he spoke with a love we all share for each other. he said, we hit the toughest miles as when someone is there to pick us up as we fail, as we fall. last week, many people in our city fell. but so many have rushed forward to help pick each other up. boston holds a special place in everyone's heart. people all over the world share that special boston feeling and it shows. as a tragic event occurred, the support was...
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president obama has not addressed chechnya in any measurable way. the administration remains squarely focused on the threat posed by al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. joining us is white house correspondent for "the new republic" julia faffi. we know you've written about this for some time. and a lot of folks do not understand the dynamics between the u.s. and russia at present. but really more specifically, russia and chechnya. as we talk about what has happened in and around the chechnyian separatist movement it bears mentioning and "u.s.a. today" mentions this that the russian army played a role in radicalizing chechen separatist movements, tell us a little of the history between these two states. >> in the history how recent this is, in the late 18th century, the russian empire invaded the region and this radicalized it. later, joseph stalin drew the borders in such a way that made an ethnic hodge-podge of the region. he suppressed a chechen rebellion by deporting the entire chechen population to central asia, a deeply radicalizing
president obama has not addressed chechnya in any measurable way. the administration remains squarely focused on the threat posed by al qaeda and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. joining us is white house correspondent for "the new republic" julia faffi. we know you've written about this for some time. and a lot of folks do not understand the dynamics between the u.s. and russia at present. but really more specifically, russia and chechnya. as we talk about what has happened in and...
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now obama has democrats saying well rights are slightly optional. not the majority, 48-43 say i would rather have my constitutional rights. i'm encouraged by that. but now the republicans flip. is that ironic in that the republicans are leading the way yeah yeah, constitution, it's not just the second amendment? >> they're always citing constitution for all sorts of things to criticize president obama. on this what you said originally was right. it's because the person in charge of the government is this president. and they don't like this president and there is a general distrust any way among the republicans, and that is it one of the underlying ideologies for the conservatives. to me it's not that surprising. but let me tell you the libertarian piece to this is the most intriguing to me. the last time i was on the show i was talking about going out on the campaign trail with ron paul. these are the issues, these civil liberty issues, the sense of being spied upon or the government going after it's own citizens in the name of terror. those are the
now obama has democrats saying well rights are slightly optional. not the majority, 48-43 say i would rather have my constitutional rights. i'm encouraged by that. but now the republicans flip. is that ironic in that the republicans are leading the way yeah yeah, constitution, it's not just the second amendment? >> they're always citing constitution for all sorts of things to criticize president obama. on this what you said originally was right. it's because the person in charge of the...
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president obama said he would not raise taxes on middle class. a nonpartisan analysis says his budget proposal would actually do just that. how much would your taxes go up under his plan? we'll show you what they say so now i can help make this a great block party. ♪ [ male announce ] advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a ng-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not bused more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may incrse your risk of osteoporosis some eye prlems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. [ male announcer ] advair diskus fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhalation powder. get your first prescription free and save o
president obama said he would not raise taxes on middle class. a nonpartisan analysis says his budget proposal would actually do just that. how much would your taxes go up under his plan? we'll show you what they say so now i can help make this a great block party. ♪ [ male announce ] advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a ng-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve...
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we understand president obama and the first lady michelle obama will be here. former secretaries hillary clinton, colin powell, condoleezza rice, michael chertoff. the list goes on and on. plenty of governors. tomorrow may be the official dedication of this, some six years in the making. with the library museum itself, bill will open to the public on may 1st. bill: got it. casey, have you been inside and what is on display inside the museum? >> reporter: pretty spectacular things. the museum is about 14,000 square feet. it will basically walk you through the bush presidency in chronological order. when you first go in you will see, remember the election debacle of 2000, when hanging, pregnant and dimpled chads became part of pop culture. then it transitions into what bush 43 thought his presidency was going to be. what he ran on as governor of texas, education, tax and immigration reform. then you turn the corner and september 11th. it happened eight months, you remember, into his first term. there is some steel inside from the world trade center. the famous bu
we understand president obama and the first lady michelle obama will be here. former secretaries hillary clinton, colin powell, condoleezza rice, michael chertoff. the list goes on and on. plenty of governors. tomorrow may be the official dedication of this, some six years in the making. with the library museum itself, bill will open to the public on may 1st. bill: got it. casey, have you been inside and what is on display inside the museum? >> reporter: pretty spectacular things. the...
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which the ap would not say barack obama. they would say president obama. it didn't read right. but anyone who would start selling on an ap twitter blurb like that maybe should be in a different business. >> bill: and it could be -- there are computers that do everything, and computers look for keywords and if they see something like bombing, they automatically go sell. and they have the capacity to do that, which is scary. >> it is scary. >> bill: people could lose a lot of money because of a mistake by a computer. >> it seems like a bad design if we can drop that far that fast. >> bill: it was like 100 points d. >> -- over something on twitter. >> yeah the whole thing happened in a minute or two. >> bill: yeah, the idea that we are so twitterized, right? this country now operates by whatever appears on twitter? >> yeah. that's now the -- the news bulletin itself, right? that is the ticker tape. i can only assume there are all kinds of ap guys that have access to that main account. we have our @wjs account has millions of followers, it may not have as many as the ap i don't kno
which the ap would not say barack obama. they would say president obama. it didn't read right. but anyone who would start selling on an ap twitter blurb like that maybe should be in a different business. >> bill: and it could be -- there are computers that do everything, and computers look for keywords and if they see something like bombing, they automatically go sell. and they have the capacity to do that, which is scary. >> it is scary. >> bill: people could lose a lot of...
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president obama said now is the time to give scientists of all ages a shout out. >> obama: as a culture, we're great consumers of technology but we're not always properly respecting the people who are in the labs and, you know behind the scenes creating the stuff that we now take for granted. >> michael: the guy didn't even break a sweat. the white house is backing up that talk with the launch of a new ameri-corps program to promote science education. and earth day is the last day the state department will receive public comments on the proposed keystone xl pipeline. there's been a trove of misinformation about what the pipeline actually delivers, so get out a piece of paper and jot down these handy facts from "think progress" as you prepare your comments . . . make your voice heard by sending an email to the state department at keystone comments@state.gov. we also put a link to the state department's keystone page on our website, so email now or forever hold your peace. and don't worry if we were being too serious about earth day, because our own brett ehrlich isn't. just cam down, bre
president obama said now is the time to give scientists of all ages a shout out. >> obama: as a culture, we're great consumers of technology but we're not always properly respecting the people who are in the labs and, you know behind the scenes creating the stuff that we now take for granted. >> michael: the guy didn't even break a sweat. the white house is backing up that talk with the launch of a new ameri-corps program to promote science education. and earth day is the last day...
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so i defer to president obama. i defer to his justice department if in their judgment this is the proper place in order to conduct that trial. >> thank you, sir. mr. lynch, 90 seconds. >> john, i think that we do have sufficient laws in our iminal system to prosecute terrorist number two, if you will. i think that the effort to classify him as an enemy combatant may actually complicate the issue. i've actually been to guantanamo. i've been to gitmo. i've been involved in that whole process in trying to find a way to actually prosecute those individuals as well. i think in this case we are not lacking evidence in terms of the prosecution of this individual, and i think fully we have very competent prosecutors at the federal level that will be able to handle this case and come to whatever punishment that we feel is appropriate. >> rebuttal if you'd like it or we can move on. >> move on. >> all right. thank you. next question from cynthia. >> last year the house voted to extend the foreign intelligence surveillance am
so i defer to president obama. i defer to his justice department if in their judgment this is the proper place in order to conduct that trial. >> thank you, sir. mr. lynch, 90 seconds. >> john, i think that we do have sufficient laws in our iminal system to prosecute terrorist number two, if you will. i think that the effort to classify him as an enemy combatant may actually complicate the issue. i've actually been to guantanamo. i've been to gitmo. i've been involved in that whole...
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they don't have that feeling about president obama. >> not a big defeat for president obama? >> of course it's a big defeat for president obama. he went all around the country, and on wednesday night he had a meltdown in the rose garden. the senators actually voted with the way they felt was the right way to vote. he made the argument, is there a serious public policy argument for background checks, affecting what happened in newtown or in tucson or aurora, colorado, or the crime rates? i'm sorry. the parents of newtown -- >> they want something done. >> i have the greatest sympathy for the parents of newtown, but they never made a public policy argument. that's just a fact. >> i think the public policy argument is so clear here, that we should not have such easy access to guns, that people who are mentally incompetent or people with criminal records or people with any kind of records that would indicate they should not be trusted with a weapon are allowed to get it. what we see, not only in newtown, but daily, bill, in the streets of washington, d.c., chicago, new york, is a
they don't have that feeling about president obama. >> not a big defeat for president obama? >> of course it's a big defeat for president obama. he went all around the country, and on wednesday night he had a meltdown in the rose garden. the senators actually voted with the way they felt was the right way to vote. he made the argument, is there a serious public policy argument for background checks, affecting what happened in newtown or in tucson or aurora, colorado, or the crime...
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that will not look good for the obama administration. it will definitely not look good for people like max baucus who staked our jobs on this enormous overhaul. they need this to work and the premiums to maintain the level they are at now or get lower or the administration may have egg on thei face. > host: another question from twitter -- doesn't really affect illegal immigrants. you will still have people who are not insured. it got just over 48 million uninsured americans. by 2022, you are expecting 27 million of those people to get coverage through expansionngesndxc you will still have people will not have coverage and many of those are undocumented. kansas,t's go to democratic line, good morning. am 74: good morning, i and i am medicare and i am being charged $189 per month. i understand that in january, andcare payments will go up you will get less medicare ta care of. i wanted to know if it goes up and if i can afford it, can i drop medicare and go on to one of these health care plans? guest: the people will end up paying more for
that will not look good for the obama administration. it will definitely not look good for people like max baucus who staked our jobs on this enormous overhaul. they need this to work and the premiums to maintain the level they are at now or get lower or the administration may have egg on thei face. > host: another question from twitter -- doesn't really affect illegal immigrants. you will still have people who are not insured. it got just over 48 million uninsured americans. by 2022, you...
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so i appreciate president obama's stand. i hope he will become stronger. i think it's not too late for him to put pressure on. i don't think it's too late for the american public. i am recommending that the senate has a special dictate in their legislation. they have more control and more power than the house of representatives. so every person is every state is represented by my senators as well as their own. so i would suggest everybody take a postcard, address it to each one of the senators, get a group together and get a labeling matrix and printout labels and send shame on you to everyone that voted no and thank you to everyone that voted yes. we need to continue this fight. >> when it comes to the bombing in boston, nbc news is now confirming with cambridge pd that there were no gun permits and petitions to carry a weapon for either of the brothers suspected of being the bombers. by all accounts they were suspected of carrying weapons illegally. do you think this terror attack would put a new heat on lawmakers for tighter gun laws? >> i hope so. it's
so i appreciate president obama's stand. i hope he will become stronger. i think it's not too late for him to put pressure on. i don't think it's too late for the american public. i am recommending that the senate has a special dictate in their legislation. they have more control and more power than the house of representatives. so every person is every state is represented by my senators as well as their own. so i would suggest everybody take a postcard, address it to each one of the senators,...
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later this very hour, president obama and the city of boston as well as this nation will mark a moment of silence at 2:50 eastern time. the exact moment the first bomb exploded. bells will ring afterward. massachusetts governor deval patrick and thomas menino will be on hand of the neighborhood of 8-year-old vimd martin richard. also today the first funeral was held for the bombing victims. the capacity crowd mourned. krystle campbell, the 29-year-old at the finish line clearing on a friend. and later this evening, boston university will hold a memorial service for lu lingzi, the 23-year-old graduate, the student from china also killed in the blast. meanwhile as crews clean up the crime scene today, new questions about how the fbi interrogated tamerlan tsarnaev before the attacks. >> why didn't the fbi follow up on that? you combine the first interrogation, the first examination plus the subsequent act. when somebody is brought to your attention, you investigate and find nothing and then he carries out murders, you wonder, didn't you miss something in the investigation? >> and today, o
later this very hour, president obama and the city of boston as well as this nation will mark a moment of silence at 2:50 eastern time. the exact moment the first bomb exploded. bells will ring afterward. massachusetts governor deval patrick and thomas menino will be on hand of the neighborhood of 8-year-old vimd martin richard. also today the first funeral was held for the bombing victims. the capacity crowd mourned. krystle campbell, the 29-year-old at the finish line clearing on a friend....
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as you said, paul kevin curtis, charged with sending ricin-laced letters to president obama and other officials released suddenly from custody on tuesday. this information comes to us from the united states marshal service in mississippi. the marshal service did not know and could not provide information on the circumstances of the release. only that curtis was no longer in federal custody and this comes just hours after curtis' detention and the preliminary hearing into his case was canceled. this was in the third day of testimony and now there is a press conference involving federal prosecutors and the defendants, defense lawyers. that's scheduled for later today. curtis, you'll remember, had originally been charged with threats against the president, and other threatening communications allegedly even sending a ricin-laced letter to a mississippi senator. very serious charge, could have gotten 15 years, $500,000 in fines. we're trying to find out what is happening with this case. and certainly don't want to speculate until we know more. again, paul kevin curtis is the colorful elvi
as you said, paul kevin curtis, charged with sending ricin-laced letters to president obama and other officials released suddenly from custody on tuesday. this information comes to us from the united states marshal service in mississippi. the marshal service did not know and could not provide information on the circumstances of the release. only that curtis was no longer in federal custody and this comes just hours after curtis' detention and the preliminary hearing into his case was canceled....
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for lindsey to get a headline but also to blame it on obama and point at obama say there he is. this guy is a democrat. he's too soft on terrorism, not doing enough on terrorism. clearly, he committed an act of terror. therefore, he's a foreign enemy combatant. no lindsey. you're wrong. i love the fact this decision was made so fast this decision -- the correct decision was made and basically people were saying who cares what that pipsqueak from south carolina says. we just don't pay any attention to him. none of us should pay any attention to him. it is the "full court press" on tuesday, april 23rd. your comments always welcome at 1-866-55-press. and on twitter at bpshow. >> announcer: chatting with you live at current.com/billpress this is the "bill press show." live on your radio and current tv. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt
for lindsey to get a headline but also to blame it on obama and point at obama say there he is. this guy is a democrat. he's too soft on terrorism, not doing enough on terrorism. clearly, he committed an act of terror. therefore, he's a foreign enemy combatant. no lindsey. you're wrong. i love the fact this decision was made so fast this decision -- the correct decision was made and basically people were saying who cares what that pipsqueak from south carolina says. we just don't pay any...
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all these republicans do, let's stop obama. republicans, wake up to rick the 90/10 want gun control. people all around the country want to elect this president and want to get his agenda to help this country. host: we will take a look at the prospects for gun control later on this morning. let's go to virginia, the independent line. caller: i just wanted to say that immigration has long been overdue, and we should not have any reason to put it off any more than we have. fromnot see the connection boston to immigration. you can never stop anybody that is wanting to do harm. the same thing in connecticut, the newtown shootings, anything like that. it is sporadic, no matter how much legislation you have, over immigration, gun control, anything like that. i do not think we can afford to put it off any longer in what we are ready have. tom in michigan, republican. amler: good morning, i calling on the immigration thing. i had not followed it as closely as i should have in the papers the last couple of months, but let's speed up- the
all these republicans do, let's stop obama. republicans, wake up to rick the 90/10 want gun control. people all around the country want to elect this president and want to get his agenda to help this country. host: we will take a look at the prospects for gun control later on this morning. let's go to virginia, the independent line. caller: i just wanted to say that immigration has long been overdue, and we should not have any reason to put it off any more than we have. fromnot see the...
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. >> president obama will travel to boston. you will hear for the next 25 minutes what the president and others had to say. you also hear from vice president joe biden and about five minutes. senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell, and members of the house, including speaker john boehner. president obama spoke this morning saying, among other things, that the bombings were an active terrorists. -- an act of terrorists. >> good morning, everybody. i've just been briefed by my national security team, including f.b.i. director muller, attorney general holder, secretary napolitano, and my counterterrorism and homeland security advisor, lisa monaco, on the attacks in boston. we continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens and investigate and to respond to this attack. obviously our first thoughts this morning are with the victims. their families and the city of boston. explosionst two gravely wounded dozens of americans and took the lives of others, including a 8-year-old b
. >> president obama will travel to boston. you will hear for the next 25 minutes what the president and others had to say. you also hear from vice president joe biden and about five minutes. senate leaders harry reid and mitch mcconnell, and members of the house, including speaker john boehner. president obama spoke this morning saying, among other things, that the bombings were an active terrorists. -- an act of terrorists. >> good morning, everybody. i've just been briefed by my...
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nowhere near the polarizing figure obama is. the idea that obama could have won over more republican votes i think is preposterous. >> i think that the critique from the left on the president, you talk to republicans, who were supported toomey, they are played the president was on the sidelines. the minute the president weighs into this debate, we can't deal with this. they wanted toomey. a great story i saw schumer working with pat toomey. before the press conference, i will stand with you at the podium, you and manchin. toomey said please, i don't want schumer standing by me at the podium because politics about this is so uneasy. i don't think the president would have done a lot to win republican votes. they have only so much room to roam on the right. if you start to tiptoe towards the center, the grassroots really start to pay attention. it gets delicate. that's why i think you see rubio, for instance, never going to get out on guns and immigration at the same time. >> we have -- we have a couple more we want to get to. ther
nowhere near the polarizing figure obama is. the idea that obama could have won over more republican votes i think is preposterous. >> i think that the critique from the left on the president, you talk to republicans, who were supported toomey, they are played the president was on the sidelines. the minute the president weighs into this debate, we can't deal with this. they wanted toomey. a great story i saw schumer working with pat toomey. before the press conference, i will stand with...
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president obama and secretary napolitano abandoned that metric. the bill before us weakens that law by only requiring the southern border to be 90% effectively secured. in some sectors. only the so-lled high risk sectors. what about the other six? before green cards are allocated to those here illegally, the secretary only has to certify that the security plans and fencing's are "substantially deployed, operational, and completed." if the secretary does not do her job and a commission is created to provide recommendations, this is just a loophole that allows the secretary to neglect doing the job. another area of interest for me is employment verification measures. as i said before so many times, i was here in 1986 when we for the first time made it illegal for employers to hire undocumented individuals. i have been a champion for the e-verify system a staple in every workplace. it is an important tool to make sure that we have a legal work force. while i am encouraged, i am concerned that the provision will render the program is effective as an e
president obama and secretary napolitano abandoned that metric. the bill before us weakens that law by only requiring the southern border to be 90% effectively secured. in some sectors. only the so-lled high risk sectors. what about the other six? before green cards are allocated to those here illegally, the secretary only has to certify that the security plans and fencing's are "substantially deployed, operational, and completed." if the secretary does not do her job and a commission...
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president obama will be traveling to texas later this week where he will attend a memorial service from last week's explosion at a fertilizer plant that left 14 people dead and 200 injured. world health officials say there is no evidence that the new bird flu strain in china is spreading from person to person. the latest figures show 105 people are sick, 21 have died. gas prices are down. up 11 cents per gallon according to the survey. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the tsarnaev brothers, still an unfolding puzzle for all of us. what exactly motivated these two brothers? we're learning more every day. one brother in particular, tamerlan, became increasingly radicalized over the last several years. we know now that the russian government expressed concern about him back in 2011. they warned the fbi he was a follower of radical islam. the fbi's investigation never turned up anything significant. tsarnaev traveled to the troubled region of dagestan for six months. it's where his parents live. it's a hub of jihadist recruitment generally. "the new york times" wrote yest
president obama will be traveling to texas later this week where he will attend a memorial service from last week's explosion at a fertilizer plant that left 14 people dead and 200 injured. world health officials say there is no evidence that the new bird flu strain in china is spreading from person to person. the latest figures show 105 people are sick, 21 have died. gas prices are down. up 11 cents per gallon according to the survey. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to...
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. >>> president obama's dinner diplomacy continued last night with a special twist, this time the guests were all the senate's women's caucus. so what was on the political menu? joining me is the deane of the senate women's caucus, senator mcculls canalls can i. >> we had a wonderful time. we were so pleased that the president invited 20 of us. it was a bipartisan gathering, but you know, and we represent diverse viewpoint from women who have strong roads in the pea party. andrea, i think that the president really enjoyed this dinner diplomacy, because the tone was one of great civility. the fact that we wanted to work on a bipartisan basis. we talked about the macroissues and talked about the macaroni and cheese issues. in other words, how did the big economic things we're affecting face families and the ever-shrinking middle class. >> was there any conversation about guns? you had lisa murkowski and kelly ayotte, senators who had voted against the background checks. did that come up? >> this was not a negotiating meeting. the president wanted to get our views on what were some of the i
. >>> president obama's dinner diplomacy continued last night with a special twist, this time the guests were all the senate's women's caucus. so what was on the political menu? joining me is the deane of the senate women's caucus, senator mcculls canalls can i. >> we had a wonderful time. we were so pleased that the president invited 20 of us. it was a bipartisan gathering, but you know, and we represent diverse viewpoint from women who have strong roads in the pea party....
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some have said obama has not helped them. he got himself a resident front of the white house. >> won this was last thing discussed in the bush administration, there were members and members on the hill every day. i'm not saying that now appears it >> thank you very much for your time -- i'm not saying it seems -- i'm guessing that now. >> thank you very much for your time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> a look on the debate over immigration policy. a bipartisan group of senators talk about their work on .egislation now the bipartisan kissinger is making up the gang of eight -- of centers making up the game of eight. >> good afternoon, everybody. we are here to announce that eight senators, from opposite sides of the political aisle, are coming together on a common- sense immigration reform proposal that we believe can pass the senate. i want to thank my seven other colleagues here today. each one of us is strong each one of us has beliefs, di
some have said obama has not helped them. he got himself a resident front of the white house. >> won this was last thing discussed in the bush administration, there were members and members on the hill every day. i'm not saying that now appears it >> thank you very much for your time -- i'm not saying it seems -- i'm guessing that now. >> thank you very much for your time. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite...
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president barack obama killed one in the wilds of yemen. if you affiliate yourself with enemy forces and go to war against american citizens and kill americans willfully on behalf of a movement or an enemy force, then you can be considered an enemy combatant. if in world war ii you went to join the nazi forces you are not an enemy combatant? of course you are. host: hina shamsi. guest: it is true u.s. citizens can take up arms against the united states and then they become what is called understood the laws of war belligerents. the problem here that we are talking about is extending and expanding the laws of war far beyond what is constitutionally permitted and permitted under the laws themselves. and i think charles was exactly right. what the suspect is accused of is terrorism. if we think of what timothy mcfay did or what was done in -- mcveigh did or what was done in the olympic park bombing, we didn't treat those tragedies as acts of war. we appropriately treated them as criminal acts that had to be investigated, prosecuted and appropr
president barack obama killed one in the wilds of yemen. if you affiliate yourself with enemy forces and go to war against american citizens and kill americans willfully on behalf of a movement or an enemy force, then you can be considered an enemy combatant. if in world war ii you went to join the nazi forces you are not an enemy combatant? of course you are. host: hina shamsi. guest: it is true u.s. citizens can take up arms against the united states and then they become what is called...
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president obama will attend as will all former living presidents. mark sanford to stay afloat in his bid to win south carolina's first congressional district. he is going up against elizabeth colbert-busch. out with a new ad attacking her on her support for unions. take a look. >> labor's voice, pelosi's voice, not our voice. >> the latest poll has colbert-busch up 50-41. last week sanford's ex-wife was suing him for trespassing. they have bun debate scheduled for april 29th. we're back with more show after the break. stay with us. high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. joy behar: you can say anything here. jerry springer: i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar: your mistake was writing a check jerry springer: she never cashed it (vo) the day's events. four very unique points of view. tonight st
president obama will attend as will all former living presidents. mark sanford to stay afloat in his bid to win south carolina's first congressional district. he is going up against elizabeth colbert-busch. out with a new ad attacking her on her support for unions. take a look. >> labor's voice, pelosi's voice, not our voice. >> the latest poll has colbert-busch up 50-41. last week sanford's ex-wife was suing him for trespassing. they have bun debate scheduled for april 29th. we're...
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president obama is planning to change with this the affordable care act, better known as obama care. >> the affordable care act is an all-encompassing reform act to provide health insurance for millions of people in the country. >> it has rules that prevent insurance companies from dropping them because of cos or pre-existing conditions, it also requires that all americans have health insurance or pay a tax, starting in 2014, with an individual mandate. >> another big part of obamacare is to expand access to affordable health care coverage so a lot of people were not covered by health care because either their employer didn't cover it or it was too expensive. >> people who believe that the law is fair and constitutional believe that everyone should have health insurance. that everyone should have an equal opportunity to access health care. they believe that the reform will lower the cost of health insurance and greatly improve the economy. >> the industry in general feels that people need access to these products. they save lives. they keep people healthy and out of more expensive mo
president obama is planning to change with this the affordable care act, better known as obama care. >> the affordable care act is an all-encompassing reform act to provide health insurance for millions of people in the country. >> it has rules that prevent insurance companies from dropping them because of cos or pre-existing conditions, it also requires that all americans have health insurance or pay a tax, starting in 2014, with an individual mandate. >> another big part of...
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these two guys i am proud to share the stage with have said all along obama would rather have short-term defeats and give him an issue to beat the republicans. >>gregg: are you saying he was sort of happy? >> i think so. >> if he doing his job on any of the issues, it is the same story, the fiscal cliff, everything. they could have gotten a deal. he didn't work to it. he went out and starting railing against everyone. we have a political crisis in this country, you saw it with the data that shows government doesn't work. we did not get a deal on guns, miles per gallon is a problem, terrorism is an issue. >>gregg: bill clinton would have been on the phone in the middle of the might and gotten this passed. >> he was a can do president and gingrich a can-do speaker. >> that is a democratic president getting things done with a republican congress. this guy has a democratic senate and he can't get the bill through. >> he doesn't apply himself. he looks for political issues. i didn't say he was lazy he does public posturing and thinks he is doing something. >> no one puts the greater good firs
these two guys i am proud to share the stage with have said all along obama would rather have short-term defeats and give him an issue to beat the republicans. >>gregg: are you saying he was sort of happy? >> i think so. >> if he doing his job on any of the issues, it is the same story, the fiscal cliff, everything. they could have gotten a deal. he didn't work to it. he went out and starting railing against everyone. we have a political crisis in this country, you saw it with...
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this is president obama late yesterday afternoon in the rose garden. first referring -- surrounded by some of the members of the -- family members from newtown connecticut and gabby giffords at his side. joe biden on the other side. >> home state, joe biden. >> bill: referring to the fact that some senators, including rand paul, criticized the newtown families for daring come to washington to let their points of view be heard. >> obama: do we really think thousands of families whose lives have been shattered by gun violence don't have a right to weigh in on this issue? do we think their emotions, their loss is not relevant to this debate? so all in all, this was a pretty shameful day for washington. >> bill: you could hear the anger in his voice. senator, you had dinner with the president last night. with a couple of other -- few other democratic senators at the jefferson hotel. what was his mood like? >> at the outset, it was a very somber dinner. he gave us an update on the investigations in boston. he gave us an update there had been an arrest in th
this is president obama late yesterday afternoon in the rose garden. first referring -- surrounded by some of the members of the -- family members from newtown connecticut and gabby giffords at his side. joe biden on the other side. >> home state, joe biden. >> bill: referring to the fact that some senators, including rand paul, criticized the newtown families for daring come to washington to let their points of view be heard. >> obama: do we really think thousands of families...
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president obama recently appointed him to of the advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations. provides policy advice on trade matters, and he and i work together a number of significant matters during his years in the house. we're glad to have you back here. please go ahead. >> thank you. members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. and on behalf of the border security and in it -- modernization act of 2013 i had the privilege of serving in the united states congress from 1985 to 2007, representing -- representing t fifth and eighth congressional district. immigration has always been a issue in this border district. i applaud the senators in the so-called gang of eight who spent many months preparing this legislation. the bill currently before the committee is an excellent start that offers many possible provisions. others on this panel will discuss various economic considerations, but i want to talk about one particular provision, completing family unification. i know, as the partner of an immigrant how difficult it can be to build a life
president obama recently appointed him to of the advisory committee for trade policy and negotiations. provides policy advice on trade matters, and he and i work together a number of significant matters during his years in the house. we're glad to have you back here. please go ahead. >> thank you. members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify before you today. and on behalf of the border security and in it -- modernization act of 2013 i had the privilege of serving in the...
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clinton as the vice- presidentf obama. ll start off by touching my view is something is wrong when you say the u.s. is end andn the giving japan is always on the receiving end. must stand tall as an equal and responsible allied to the u.s. hard as ase must walk guardian of international goods, peace, prosperity, and democracy. thatas my grandfather's aspiration. -- japan'scurity security treaty, 1951 in san day,isco he wrote that one japan would work with the u.s. to maintainpartner the national order. 62 years later, that still holds. -- itmy belief hobbs that is my belief that japan has a noble responsibility to bring happiness and democracy in the world. that is why, ladies and gentlemen, japan must regain its economic power. that is why we are working hard to turn around our economy. make no mistake, we are pushing it not only for the sake of economic growth, we are doing aat precisely to make japan reliable ally. in march, we said we will be negotiations. last week, tokyo and washington reached an agreement about some
clinton as the vice- presidentf obama. ll start off by touching my view is something is wrong when you say the u.s. is end andn the giving japan is always on the receiving end. must stand tall as an equal and responsible allied to the u.s. hard as ase must walk guardian of international goods, peace, prosperity, and democracy. thatas my grandfather's aspiration. -- japan'scurity security treaty, 1951 in san day,isco he wrote that one japan would work with the u.s. to maintainpartner the...
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i will be getting to the region very shortly, president obama is traveling to the region, president obama feels very strongly and has asked me to focus on how we can strengthen our economic partnerships in latin american and central america, and i intend to do that -- in latten america and central america and i intend to do that. we talked today, at the beginning of my conversation, very first thing out of my mouth is we don't want to define this relationship with mexico and other countries in the context of security or counter narcotics trafficking. we want to define it much larger in the context of our citizens' economic needs and our capacity to do more on the economic frontier. i'm convinced that we're going to grow that relationship in terms of jobs. we talked about ways to link up, perhaps, ultimately with the transatlantic investment, trade partnership program. in the long run, it may be possible to find ways to strengthen both of us through those kinds of initiatives. and, of course, mexico is a partner in the transpacific partnership, so we are already growing this relationship,
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become the centerpiece for obama's strategy. they are a setting up liaison offices around the world. we know everything about the bin laden raid. we know everything about the dog and guns used. there were 20,000 raids like that that year in afghanistan and other countries that we know almost nothing about. i think our future is going to be looking at cruise missile strikes, covert operations, raids that we probably won't know about an drone strikes are one part of it but i think we make a mistake in focusing too much on drones because this is a full spectrum war that's being waged by the obama administration. >> jeremy scahill, thank you so much. the book is "dirty wars." the film are be out june 7th. >> with a cameo by you guys. >> there you go. >> i can't wait for the royalty check. >> we had to pay nbc for the rights though. >> really! you did, did you? >> yes, we did. willie promised me something but it never came about. >> i talk offline. >>. >>> still ahead, google's executive chairman eric schmidt will be here on the set.
become the centerpiece for obama's strategy. they are a setting up liaison offices around the world. we know everything about the bin laden raid. we know everything about the dog and guns used. there were 20,000 raids like that that year in afghanistan and other countries that we know almost nothing about. i think our future is going to be looking at cruise missile strikes, covert operations, raids that we probably won't know about an drone strikes are one part of it but i think we make a...
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it's exploded under the obama administration over four straight years. it's a 3.5 trillion dollar budget. please! don't tell me that we can't afford to keep enough air traffic controllers in the towers. >> are we really talking about this? >> yeah, we are. washington doesn't work. you're exactly right. like steve rattner said yesterday. the entire system is dated. >> here we go again. these buffoons vote down background checks and this huge story and back to talking about the sequester? are you kidding me? i'm sorry. but this is incredible. totally nonproductive, insanely boring! >> this is what happens when congress and the president -- i'm going to put it on chronic right now because the president did talk about social security and then he got attacked. this is what happens when 70% of the budget is basically not ever talked about. when you can't talk about entitlements and the past, you haven't been able to talk about defense. so, mike, they go to 12% of the budget and hack it up. i've been talking about it for two years that we can invest in discreti
it's exploded under the obama administration over four straight years. it's a 3.5 trillion dollar budget. please! don't tell me that we can't afford to keep enough air traffic controllers in the towers. >> are we really talking about this? >> yeah, we are. washington doesn't work. you're exactly right. like steve rattner said yesterday. the entire system is dated. >> here we go again. these buffoons vote down background checks and this huge story and back to talking about the...
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president obama is traveling to the region. president obama feels very strongly and has asked me to focus on how we can strengthen our economic partnerships in latin america and central america. i intend to do that. we talked today. the beginning of our conversation, very first thing out of my mouth was, we don't want to define his relationship with mexico or other countries in the context of security or counter narcotics traffic. we want to define a much larger in the context of our citizens economic needs and our capacity to do more on the economic frontier. i'm convinced that we're going to grow that relationship. in terms of jobs, we talked about ways to link up with the transatlantic investment trade and partnership program. in the long run, it may be possible to find ways to strengthen both of us through those kinds of initiatives. thisready growing relationship. we will continue to grow it and if it needs to be the defining issue of our relationship together with our commitment to democracy and human rights. thank you ve
president obama is traveling to the region. president obama feels very strongly and has asked me to focus on how we can strengthen our economic partnerships in latin america and central america. i intend to do that. we talked today. the beginning of our conversation, very first thing out of my mouth was, we don't want to define his relationship with mexico or other countries in the context of security or counter narcotics traffic. we want to define a much larger in the context of our citizens...
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how are we more free with obama as president? >> stephanie: the difference is we do talk about that on the left. >> it is not because he's -- >> stephanie: not everything is cut-and-dried. i agree with the public safety exemption that he was not read miranda rights. but i disagree with john mccain and lindsey graham that he should be tried as an enemy combatant. >> caller: i agree too. one other thing -- >> stephanie: all right. after you. >> oh, no, you first. >> thank you. >> stephanie: it was magic wasn't it? [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> stephanie: one more thing? no. not on my show. >> another 27 things. >> stephanie: i will be the judge of that whether there will be one more thing and i have a finger and it can hit a dial tone. hello, mark in pennsylvania. >> caller: honestly, i'm fed up with the democrats the republicans, i think it comes down to what abraham lincoln said 155 years ago and that is that a house divided cannot stand by itself and that the bottom line is that there's just too much extremism between the democrats
how are we more free with obama as president? >> stephanie: the difference is we do talk about that on the left. >> it is not because he's -- >> stephanie: not everything is cut-and-dried. i agree with the public safety exemption that he was not read miranda rights. but i disagree with john mccain and lindsey graham that he should be tried as an enemy combatant. >> caller: i agree too. one other thing -- >> stephanie: all right. after you. >> oh, no, you...
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the obama administration is committed to supporting progressive evidence-based programs that can make a real difference right away. for the first time, we are working and supporting the use of those, reversal drug so that first responders are prepared to safely handle individuals who are experiencing life threatening overdoses and help prevent doubts associated with the nation's drug abuse epidemic. in 2010, changing the subject for a minute, in 2010, president obama eliminated minimum sentence for possession of crack cocaine. we know the disparity, sentencing, particularly the impact in the african-american community, could be quite devastating. well, this is the first time or that was the first time in 40 years a mandatory drug sentence was repealedded, done, by the way, in a bipartisan manner. we're institutionalizing a public health approach to drug policy with the affordable care act. there's another name for the affordable care act, but we call it the affordable care act. [laughter] it's going to make a big difference with people in this field particularly requiring insurance co
the obama administration is committed to supporting progressive evidence-based programs that can make a real difference right away. for the first time, we are working and supporting the use of those, reversal drug so that first responders are prepared to safely handle individuals who are experiencing life threatening overdoses and help prevent doubts associated with the nation's drug abuse epidemic. in 2010, changing the subject for a minute, in 2010, president obama eliminated minimum sentence...